Next week's cover of The New Yorker.

[kpete]

Let there be light?

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[Skittles]

1. seems a bit dramatic

it's not like you could not go outside

[Irish_Dem]

2. This picture represents my life since the I received the vaccines.

I did not go outside much at all for a year.

[Skittles]

3. OK

I just don't think that was true for most folk.

[Irish_Dem]

4. For older people it certainly was.

Many of us literally did not venture outside the house.
Groceries and food delivered.
Shopping at Amazon.
So we didn't have to go out at all. Many did not even make doctor or dentist appts.

It was a scary time and we did not want to die a horrible death.

[Skittles]

5. I......am no spring chicken

happy you are feeling better

I think a better representation would be venturing out and about without a mask.....that I still won't do.

[Irish_Dem]

8. I think it is a good representation of how Biden has dramatically changed the lives of older people.

And people with children who have been afraid for the health of their little ones.

Biden has allowed many of us to have our lives back.

Right, I am still wearing a mask when I am out.
But thank God, I am now going out and having somewhat of a life.
It is a miracle.

[Skittles]

10. not a miracle

science.....and voting

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes of course.

But the science is a "miracle" of the 21st century.
For the vaccine to have been developed so quickly.

When I was very young, there were few vaccines. People died of polio, measles, whooping cough, etc.

And for Joe to take office with the GOP attempts to overthrow the election and the government, and the voter suppression.
That was another "miracle".

But yes of course, I am using some hyperbole which I am prone to do.
Mea Culpa!

[Skittles]

15. whatever makes you feel better

[Irish_Dem]

17. Hi Back Skittles!

I know, whatever it takes to get through all of this, go for it.

[pazzyanne]

7. You just described my life for the last year.

It was a scary time, and still is to some extent.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes of course the fear is still there.

But with the vaccine shots, I felt the fear reduce.
And yes, we can still get sick, but hopefully not die.

[pazzyanne]

27. As a person with a serious auto immune disorder...

I will continue masking per my PCP's recommendations. I will continue masking for the foreseeable future. I've worked too hard to stay alive to take risks. That is just who I am.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Oh yes, you are in a different category for sure.

I don't have serious health problems at this time, but I have just recovered from some health issues and I am not going to take chances. I am going to keep a mask on when in public, but I am getting out more. To the grocery, stores, etc.
And have had some vaccinated friends to my condo.

But yes I am staying with the mask for the time being.

[pazzyanne]

29. ...

[Irish_Dem]

30. I hope you stay safe. Sending good vibes to you.

[ananda]

20. I was like that until I got vaccinated.

Now I feel freer.

In two weeks I start playing bridge back at the club.
Hurray!

[ShazzieB]

18. I think it's meant to be symbolic.

I think you may be looking at it a little too literally. It's true that most of us have not been literally locked inside our homes for the past 14 months, but our activities have been curtailed in lots of big and little ways. In a symbolic sense, there are doors in all of our lives that have been closed during this past year. This illustration captures the feeling of release that a lot of us are feeling right now as those doors are starting to open again, and I love it. 😇

[Irish_Dem]

22. Yes the cover was metaphoric, not literal.

A return to the normal world after a global pandemic shut everything down.

[electric_blue68]

23. I usually spend a good amount of time out of my Bronx neighborhood ...

in a few other parts of The Bronx, a lot ot time in Manhattan (Inwood, Hudson Heights, Upper West Side, Mid Town, Chelsea, West, Greenwich and East Village, the area around the old Twin Towers, to the Southern tip), plus my old Brooklyn nabe, BBG, Downtown Brooklyn etc

All this is say usually from mid-April through New Year's - but cutting down to 30% Jan - early April because of winter wearher.

Since March 12th 2020 through now May 17 2021 -
I've barely been out of my neighborhood. Mostly across the street for 2 blocks for my shopping.
Cut my traveling by 95% through Aug, about 85% - 90% Sept till now. (No where outside of NYC, either) I'm 68.

So that New Yorker cover protrays both emotionally, and travelwise exactly how I feel. 👍

[Irish_Dem]

24. Exactly. Yes

Same here.

[electric_blue68]

25. 👍

[msfiddlestix]

11. It's metaphorical. I think it's perfect and brilliant.

Maybe even a little bit understated in some respects, and a little quiet, yet stunning all at once.


All things considered, all the chaos and darkness. yeah, let there be light, and let the doors open once again.

[lunatica]

6. That's a scary moment!

A life’s decision for real!

[BigmanPigman]

12. At first I thought it was about immigration,

then I thought the illustrator turned the Empire State Bldg into a vaccination syringe . I wonder if the artist was tempted to morph their cast shadows into a symbolic image.

[LanternWaste]

13. What a sweet metaphor.

I like it!

[birdographer]

16. It's a good one

I guess a tunnel with light at the end was too cliche!

[Hortensis]

19. People looking hopefully out a door opening onto ... a normal world!

Where all things are once again possible. And of course the sun is shining. Love that.

I don't think it's meant to suggest people didn't go outside at all so much as that their worlds had become very closed in and limited. The suggestion of caution or timidity on viewing the immense wonder of what was once normal and had been lost is sad, but it has affected some people that way.

Lol, and agree this does do better than the hackneyed tunnel thing.

[Heartstrings]

26. +1000

[spanone]

21. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼K&R👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[BobTheSubgenius]

31. I find it inspiring.

It's a bit grandiose, but, on balance, I like it. I hope people take the message and feel good about where we are headed.